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Subjects colour-named sets of threat content words and neutral control
words, under conditions of high or low self-awareness. Threat words w
ere colour-named more slowly than neutral words, under conditions of h
igh self-awareness. This does not support the hypothesis that self-ref
erential material is preferentially processed.